536 Quotes About Punishment

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor

The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good.

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

That's my punishment in hell, shoveling horseshit.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.